SB2019122802 - Memory Exhaustion in F5 Networks BIG-IP ASM 



SB2019122802 - Memory Exhaustion in F5 Networks BIG-IP ASM

Published: December 28, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019122802
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6682)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to software may consume excessive resources when processing certain types of HTTP responses from the origin web server. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.